Brilliant Minds promises a talented cast of interesting characters who will help tell intriguing stories. NBC’s newest medical drama features a renowned neurologist who has face blindness, a condition which makes it impossible for him to recognize faces, who is leading a team of interns in a prestigious teaching hospital. The protagonist is based on famous neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose real-life story was told in Awakenings, a 1990s movie in which Sacks was played by Robin Williams. The series will be partially based on Sacks’ real-life exploits, though many of the medical cases and characters will be completely fictional.